Super unfortunate that the pictured black keys are not an option. That combined with the six month wait is enough for me to pass.

I gotta say though, outside of my personal disappointment after waiting so long for this drop, this still looks like an amazing piece of kit for those that can stomach the wait and the white on white keys. Here's to hoping we see some better color options in the future.

Probably there are not black keycaps in the pictures, they are the white ones, but they appear black because they are in pitch black dark. In fact only the very top of the keys are black, while the borders get the color of the surrounding leds. That being said I would prefer black keycaps, as with white ones there is a level of light at which the white plastic reflects the same amount of light as the transparent letter shines, making them difficult to read...

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Agreed. The white on white keys will be impossible to read in well-lit conditions. I'm still trying to find the brand of keycaps used on the keyboard so that I could do a color swap.

We checked for contrast ratios when selecting available keycaps, it's actually pretty good. Also, the LEDs are so bright that you can see them in broad daylight, unlike most other RGB keyboards.

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Yep. Thanks for the help. It means I'll have to pass on this keyboard. I was really excited to buy a few of them, but it's just unusable for me if I can't see the letters on the keys with the lights on.

Probably there might be some other makers to do black shine trough black keycaps. Anyway with white ones if your room gets bright enough to make the text difficult to see you can easily power them off!